Date   : Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:41:43 -0000
From   : dominic@... (Dominic Beesley)
Subject: Non BBC-B related

I remember a friend getting a Dragon32 for Christmas - he said he was
getting a computer just like the one at school - much excitement, when
it arrived much embarrasment and staring at feet!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Taylor" <zeem.uk@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 12:40 AM
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Non BBC-B related


> On 29/10/2007, Kish Tailor <ktailor01@...> wrote:
>> Does anyone know just how compatible are the Dragon 32 and the TRS-80.
>
> I assume you mean the TRS-80 Color Computer, which is completely
> different from the rest of the TRS-80 range. (The '80' came from the
> Z80 CPU - the CoCo has a Motorola 6809!)
>
>>From memory, they're compatible except for the ROM. Swapping ROMs over
> will make them compatible, except that the CoCo has a serial port and
> the D32 has a parallel port.
>
> I had a bunch of Dragon machines that I played with, but only ever had
> a 16K CoCo that was a 'collection' machine; i.e. I never really used
> it.
>
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